If you want to avoid a towering inferno this Christmas, you’d better hydrate your pines, according to the National Institutes of Standards and Technology. Avoid candles, and definitely don’t torch the thing yourself.
Part of the US Department of Commerce, the NIST works to develop better ways to measure things — like, for example, how likely a tree is to burst into flames. The verdict: much more likely if the tree isn’t well hydrated.
Christmas tree fires are rare, but they still account for roughly 200 home fires each year, destroying an annual $14 million in the process, the National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA) says. They’re deadly, too, killing an average of six people yearly.
So how do you prevent your tree from going up in...
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